World Medical Relief, Detroit, is recognizing pharmacy faculty member Geralyn B. Smith with the Achievement Award for her collaboration with the organization's local prescription program.

Smith, director of IPPE Experiential Education Programs, Department of Pharmacy Practice, will receive the award at the World Medical Relief's 58th Anniversary gala on Nov. 5 at the Somerset Inn, Troy. This year's theme is "Opening Doors to World Health."

Past recipients of the award include U.S. Sen. Carl M. Levin and, Keith Cockrell, president of Bank of American Michigan.

To purchase tickets for the 58th anniversary gala of World Medical Relief, please call the organization at 313-866-5333 or go to their website at http://www.worldmedicalrelief.org/.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, a founding college of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from the urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a world class institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 11 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu